Cameron Boyd Kirk was born in 1925 . He first attended the University of Glasgow as an arts student in 1943 when he was an Army/Navy Cadet studying English and History. His studies were then interrupted by war service, and he returned to continue studying in 1946 , taking classes in Political Economy, Greek, Moral Philosophy and Geology. Kirk obtained his MA in 1951 and began studying Law the same year, still at the University of Glasgow. He obtained his LLB in 1954 .
From the guide to the Papers of Cameron Boyd Kirk, b 1925, arts and law graduate, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1943-1954, (Glasgow University Archive Services)